Erico Aumentado assures Amalia Tirol a BM slot
Published February 4, 2001 - Bohol Chronicle
UBAY, Bohol - All is well that beguns well. And they are friends once again. This is the present atmosphere prevailing upon two persons whose long years of intimacies were estranged at the height of the 1998 elections.
But invoking the spirit of reconciliation, former deputy speaker Erico B. Aumentado assured Dr. Amalia “Mally†Tirol of a slot in the provincial board.
Mally’s husband, too, former Rep. David B. Tirol is groomed to be the campaign manager of Aumentado.
It may be recalled that the former congressman was the political mentor of Aumentado only to become a strong opponent of the latter during the last congressional race.
The Tirols confirmed the offer and expressed the possibility of this development but they are still uncommitted until the deadline for the filing of certificate of candidacy.
It appeared that Aumentado’s choice on Mrs. Tirol merely not meant to heal the wounds their unprecedented political rivalry had inflicted but observers said it was because the Tirols still have throng of supporters.
Mrs. Tirol, too, who is a doctor of philosophy and one-time president of the local Bohol Northeastern Colleges, belongs to a dominant Reyes and Maboloc clan in Ubay. She has also a strong support from various women’s group.
She will join Talibon mayor Juanario A. Item for the second district of the provincial slate. The third slot has yet to be nominated.
As this developed, a supporter who requested anonymity said Mally deserves to be a member in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan so that the women’s sector will be well represented. The source said Mally has enough qualification to be a public servant, she being involved actively in various civic and women’s organizations.
Mally was once vice president of the Girl Scout of the Philippines, National Red Cross, Bohol chapter.
If this happens, there will be two lady Tirols running for the provincial board, namely incumbent Prov’l Kagawad Godofreda Tirol, wife of Victor, and Mally, wife of former Gov. David Tirol.
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